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    The document is an academic article by Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta titled "Escapando a la realidad: Hacia un deslinde de lo fantástico" (Escaping Reality: Toward a Definition of the Fantastic). The article examines the concept of the fantastic in literature and how it differs from related genres like science fiction. It explores various definitions of the fantastic proposed by scholars and discusses works by authors that exemplify the fantastic, including Borges, Cortázar, and García Márquez. The article aims to distinguish the fantastic as a unique genre focused on reality's limits and humanity's questioning of its own perceptions.

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    Magic realism, Gabriel García Márquez , Lo real maravilloso

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    Defining Lo Fantastico

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    Escapando a la realidad: Hacia un deslinde de lo fantstico

    Author(s): Juan Carlos Ramrez-Pimienta


    Source: Revista de Crtica Literaria Latinoamericana, Ao 31, No. 62 (2005), pp. 163-180
    Published by: Centro de Estudios Literarios "Antonio Cornejo Polar"- CELACP
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